BOXSCORE: 1948 New York Yankees At 1948 Cincinnati Reds              5/5/1948

  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Ashburn CF        5  2  2  0 .344     J.Robinson 1B       2  2  2  1 .284  
  A.Dark SS           5  2  3  2 .290     B.McCosky LF        3  0  2  2 .316  
  G.Hermanski RF      5  3  3  2 .328     S.Paige P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Kiner LF          4  1  1  0 .263   G-S.Jorgensen PH      0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Kluszewski 1B     4  1  1  2 .175   H-G.Niarhos PH        1  0  0  0 .250  
  S.Gordon 3B         4  1  2  1 .330     R.Barrett P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  V.Bickford P        0  0  0  0 .000     M.McCormick RF      2  1  1  0 .244  
  C.Chambers P        1  0  0  0 .000   D-L.Doby PH,RF        2  0  0  0 .250  
  B.Goodman 2B        3  0  1  0 .259     B.Elliott 3B        4  1  2  3 .239  
I-P.Suder PR,2B       0  0  0  0 .269     C.Conatser CF       3  0  1  0 .200  
  R.Walker C          5  1  1  3 .269   E-E.Robinson PH       1  0  0  0 .375  
  J.Vander Meer P     3  0  0  0 .091   F-S.Spence CF         1  0  0  0 .200  
C-F.Gustine 3B        1  0  0  0 .316     P.Masi C            4  0  0  0 .175  
                                          D.Murtaugh 2B       4  0  1  0 .351  
                                          M.Marion SS         4  1  1  0 .234  
                                          D.Fowler P          1  0  0  0 .143  
                                        A-B.Kerr PH           1  0  0  0 .214  
                                          R.Gumpert P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-E.Slaughter PH,LF   2  1  1  0 .338  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 11 14 10                 Totals      35  6 11  6

A-Pinch Hit For Fowler In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gumpert In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Vander Meer In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McCormick In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Conatser In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Robinson In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Paige In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Jorgensen In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Ran For Goodman In 9th Inning

INJURY: Billy Goodman INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning

Yankees......... 1 1 6  0 0 0  0 0 3  - 11 14  0
Reds............ 3 2 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  6 11  1

Yankees (15-15)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Vander Mee WIN(2-3)     6       9   5   5   4   4   1 110   6.55  A1 D2
V.Bickford HOLD(1st)      1 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  31   4.18  D3 E1
C.Chambers SAVE(1st)      1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.22  E2
Totals                    9      11   6   6   5   5   1

Reds (11-15)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Fowler LOSS(1-2)        4       8   8   4   2   0   3  85   4.09  A1 C5
R.Gumpert                 2       1   0   0   0   0   0  23   2.33  C6 D2
S.Paige                   2       1   0   0   1   0   0  24   8.03  D3 D9
R.Barrett                 1       4   3   3   0   0   0  24   5.84  E1
Totals                    9      14  11   7   3   0   3

ATTENDANCE- 7,714 DATE- Wednesday, May 5th 1948 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Reds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Reds: 2
ERRORS- B.McCosky
DOUBLES- R.Ashburn-2(5th), A.Dark(8th), G.Hermanski(1st), T.Kluszewski(2nd),
         J.Robinson(9th)
TRIPLES- M.Marion(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Hermanski(4th), S.Gordon(5th), R.Walker(3rd), B.Elliott(4th)
RBIs- A.Dark-2(20th), G.Hermanski-2(10th), T.Kluszewski-2(12th), S.Gordon(15th),
      R.Walker-3(6th), J.Robinson(16th), B.McCosky-2(5th), B.Elliott-3(13th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Robinson-3(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.McCosky
WALKS- R.Kiner, T.Kluszewski, B.Goodman, J.Robinson-3, M.McCormick, B.Elliott
HIT BY PITCH- B.Goodman
STRIKE OUTS- G.Niarhos, C.Conatser, P.Masi-3
GIDP- R.Walker-2, B.McCosky
2-out RBI- G.Hermanski, B.McCosky-2, R.Walker-3, J.Robinson
RLISP 2-out- M.Marion, T.Kluszewski, B.Elliott-2, G.Niarhos, R.Walker
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 5 for 12  Reds: 3 for 7
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Bob Elliott robbed Cliff Chambers of a base hit.

Cliff Chambers closed it out for New York as the New York Yankees topped the
Cincinnati Reds by a score of 11 to 6 at Crosley Field.

Johnny Vander Meer(2-3) struggled at times, but was good enough to get the
victory.  He gave up 5 runs in 6 innings.  New York finished with 14 hits
while Cincinnati ended up with 11.  

Chambers gained credit for his 1st save.  Dick Fowler(1-2) was hit with the
loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 4 innings of work.  

Wth the win New York now has a record of 15-15.  With the loss Cincinnati now
has a record of 11-15.

SCORESHEET: 1948 New York Yankees at 1948 Cincinnati Reds
R.Ashbur-A1  A1:P/4     *3*:Do     *4*:L/4    D1:G/43    *9*:Do
                                                         
                                                         
A.Dark-A1    A2:F/7     B2:Do>2#   C2:Si      D2:G/63    E2:Si>2#
                                                         
                                                         
G.Herman-A1  A3:HR>b#   B3:Do>2#   C3:Force/  *7*:FO/2   E3:Si>13
                                   64>1o b1              
                                                         
R.Kiner-A1   A4:G/43    B4:E/7>2#  C4:Si>13   D4:W>b1    E4:G/43>1
                        b2                               2
                                                         
T.Klusze-A1  *2*:G/13   B5:W>b1    C5:F/7     D5:P/6     E5:Do>3#
                                                         2#
                                                         
S.Gordon-A1  A6:HR>b#   B6:G/43>2  *5*:Si     D6:F/9     E6:G/53
V.Bickfo-D7             3 12                             
C.Chambe-E1                                              
B.Goodma-A1  A7:W>b1    B7:P/4     C7:P/3     *8*:Si     E7:HBP
P.Suder-E8                                               
                                                         
R.Walker-A1  A8:F/7     B8:HR>3#   C8:G-DP/5  D8:G-DP/5  E8:G/3
                        2# b#      43>1o      43>1o      
                                                         
J.Vander-A1  A9:G/3     B9:F/8     *6*:G/23   D9:G/63
F.Gustin-D7                                   
                                              

J.Robins-A1  A1:W>b1    B1:IW>b1   C1:W>b1    D1:Si      E1:Do>1#
                                                         
                                                         
B.McCosk-A1  A2:SB>12   B2:SB>12   C2:SB>12   D2:G-DP/4  E2:K
S.Paige-D3   Sac/54>23  Si>3# 2#   Si>2o      63>1o      
S.Jorgen-E2+                                             
M.McCorm-A1  A3:W>b1    B3:L/6     C3:Si>13   *7*:G/43   *9*:F/9
L.Doby-D3                                                
                                                         
B.Elliot-A1  A4:HR>3#   *3*:Si     C4:G/13    D4:W>b1    E4:G/63
             1# b#                                       
                                                         
C.Conats-A1  A5:F/7     B5:K       *5*:Si     D5:P/4     E5:G/43
E.Robins-D5                                              
S.Spence-D7                                              
P.Masi-A1    A6:K       B6:K       C6:K       D6:F/9
                                              
                                              
D.Murtau-A1  *2*:G/63   B7:Si>13   C7:P/6     *8*:G/53
                                              
                                              
M.Marion-A1  A8:Tr      B8:G/63    C8:G/63    D8:G/63
                                              
                                              
D.Fowler-A1  A9:P/3     *4*:F/9    *6*:G/13   D9:Si
B.Kerr-B9                                     
R.Gumper-C5+